Bellator MMA officially announced that it will replay its inaugural PPV from May on Friday, July 18th according to a press release. Via Bellator press release: Spike TV will telecast an encore presentation of one of MMA’s most memorable events of 2014, “BELLATOR MMA: RAMPAGE vs KING MO” on Friday, July 18 at 9:00pm ET/PT. For […]
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UFC 173: 200K-215K PPV buys
MMA Fighting reports the PPV buys for UFC 173 is in the 200K to 215K range. UFC 173 was the Memorial Day weekend show which saw TJ Dillashaw upset Renan Barao. According to Dave Meltzer’s report, the PPV buy rates are based on independent sources. Last 5 Memorial Day Weekend UFC PPVs 5/29/10 – UFC […]
Alvarez-Lara PPV also in theaters July 12
The July 12th PPV between Canelo Alvarez and Erislandy Lara will be shown in movie theaters as well as on Showtime PPV. In conjunction with Fathom Events, the Showtime/Golden Boy card will be in over 200 theaters across the country. Fathom Events is the company that has worked with putting UFC PPV events in theaters […]
UFC 174: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. This time we take a look at UFC 174 from Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where Demetrious Johnson showed why he is the pound for pound best fighter in the UFC. Mighty Mouse outclasses Bagautinov Rousey may be the biggest draw, Jones may be the face, […]
Mayweather-Maidana does 900K PPV buys
Sports Illustrated reports that the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana fight on May 3rd received 900,000 PPV buys. According to the Chris Mannix article, the PPV buy rate is from multiple industry sources. ESPN Dan Rafael had previously reported that the fight sold between 800-900K PPV buys. Thus, the estimate was right on track. The SI article […]